http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/01/11/is-this-a-razor-grinder/ Dedicated to cicadas, the most amazing insects in the world. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:14:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/01/11/is-this-a-razor-grinder/#comment-59731 tug dumbly Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:32:40 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/01/11/is-this-a-razor-grinder/#comment-59731 looks more like a White Wednesday looks more like a White Wednesday

]]> http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/01/11/is-this-a-razor-grinder/#comment-59707 Cicada Mania » Australian Cicada Mania! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:55:19 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/01/11/is-this-a-razor-grinder/#comment-59707 [...] Floury Baker [...] […] Floury Baker […]

]]> http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/01/11/is-this-a-razor-grinder/#comment-6185 David E Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:06:15 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/01/11/is-this-a-razor-grinder/#comment-6185 This is Aleeta curvicosta ("floury baker"), named because of the whitish "floury" pubescent covering after emergence and the fact that it faces down the tree trunk. A goodly emergence of these around Sydney in the past month. The "razor grinder" (Henicopsaltria sp) does occur in northern Sydney around Terrey Hills, Kuringai Chase and further north in the larger timber- smaller numbers of it have emerged, but large numbers down the south coast around Berry. David. This is Aleeta curvicosta (”floury baker”), named because of the whitish “floury” pubescent covering after emergence and the fact that it faces down the tree trunk. A goodly emergence of these around Sydney in the past month. The “razor grinder” (Henicopsaltria sp) does occur in northern Sydney around Terrey Hills, Kuringai Chase and further north in the larger timber- smaller numbers of it have emerged, but large numbers down the south coast around Berry.
David.

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